in thread "Tragedy and Hope Reading Group, Discussion I": I'm biased in the opposite direction. Poland sounds to me like the prototype for a hypothetically intermediate category. It was Catholic, also with clear-cut republican features while also ending up as an early modern slave society in a very similar style ... 1y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.2 0.2 I'm biased in the op (view hidden) log in to judge received 0.2 0.2